Hardware - July 2006

My computer is fairly new...just over a year old...and it sometimes cuts off when it gets too hot...usually when im watchin movies or whatever...i bought one of the fans that goes underneath it, but it doesnt seem to be working...what can i do?

2006-07-18 20:36:51 · 13 answers · asked by SDyar 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-07-18 20:05:17 · 11 answers · asked by constantine 1 in Desktops

when i start my computer, it runs at 60 degree celcius. when i use it for one hour it would get heated up. i found that i could not run my games properly as it was when starting my computer. should i add fans to my cpu?

2006-07-18 20:02:05 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2006-07-18 19:42:08 · 11 answers · asked by BlackDiamond46 2 in Desktops

I just bought the Vastech 80mm UV Reactive UV LED Fan. It came with screws and a 4 pin molex power adapter. I already have a fan on my computer right now, but I want to add this additional one. My power supply has enough room to support it. I just need to know where a good place would be to physcially install it without too much hassle. Thanks.

2006-07-18 19:34:23 · 10 answers · asked by Superman049 1 in Desktops

Does it have an OHCI-Compliant IEEE 1394 port?

2006-07-18 19:20:52 · 1 answers · asked by Cabs 1 in Desktops

2006-07-18 19:15:33 · 8 answers · asked by dezzy32 1 in Printers

hey,i have encountered a problem in my pc voice,its not working,i have checked everything,master volume and in control panel voice option too but still no voice can be heard.i am using window xp.plz response me soon

2006-07-18 19:00:23 · 5 answers · asked by ghulamalimurtaza 3 in Monitors

2006-07-18 18:50:55 · 2 answers · asked by coolgent62 1 in Add-ons

I have followed the instructions from a site called svideo.com and it hasnt worked for me.

2006-07-18 18:22:18 · 7 answers · asked by CEDRICK H 1 in Monitors

2006-07-18 18:15:30 · 8 answers · asked by dezzy32 1 in Printers

I own a dual core computer. and bought a PCI express 512 mgb video card.

I have installed the drivers, updated drives and as far as i know have it all right.

But yet some games freeze up on me. NOT lag, just freeze ups.

Any idea what i can do about this?

2006-07-18 18:09:15 · 7 answers · asked by clomtancy 5 in Desktops

I looked on ebay and i seen a few apple laptops and things, could i take out the G4's and put an intel duo core in it instead?
I dont know alot about doing this at all ... i dont even know if i can do it or not...

2006-07-18 17:54:28 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

2006-07-18 17:47:54 · 14 answers · asked by Alec H 1 in Desktops

2006-07-18 17:37:34 · 7 answers · asked by HEY boo boo 6 in Desktops

Im not a compleete dummy to computers so I tried a few things i though could be wrong.....My problem is when i hook up my computer as I normaly would, and when i turn on my computer the little light on the monitor goes from green to orange, and the screen is black, so i have tried diffrent things....
1. Put in some spare video cards i have around
2. Hooked up monitor to another computer, works perfect.
3. Keep the computer and monitor off for several hours.

The fans in the computer are working normal, there are no beeps in the machine, now I have no idea what the problem could be....the computer worked great before and now its just doing this.....any other suggestions i could try???

2006-07-18 17:28:39 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

I bought a used Digital Western WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 hard drive from Newegg, and it took me a while to get it installed (it required a SATA cable which i didn't have till just recently) and I finally got it installed, but it aint apearing on my computer. I goto my Device Manager, and it says that it is installed, and working properly, and I went throught the troubleshooting process, and I got confused by the techincal stuff in it. I know only the basics about computers, I managed to build this one, but I aint too far past the basics... Please help me figure out how to access the hard drive and/or get it working to my computer, and fix any problem it may have. I am running short on the hard drive space I presently have, and I could use as much help as possible soon. Thanks.

2006-07-18 17:28:04 · 4 answers · asked by Steven R 2 in Desktops

i used to be able to conncet to the dial up but now it just says that there is no modem there

2006-07-18 17:07:06 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I just finished building my computer and I was starting it up when I ran into a problem. My motherboard does not have a graphics card built in, so I bought a PCI card and inserted it into the PCI slot. The problem is that, to have any graphics I need a driver, but to install the driver (which I have on a disk), I need graphics. What am I doing wrong?

2006-07-18 16:56:19 · 8 answers · asked by teh_n00b 2 in Other - Hardware

please i have to know like a amount likegive me some example of how many pics could fill 260mb..in a sandisck memorycard!!

2006-07-18 16:52:05 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

sometimes i see an article of interest, or a poem or whatever and i want to print only that info yet when i go to print it will print everything sometimes twenty thirty pages, etc, so i am asking how do i highlight just what i want printed.
thank you for your help

2006-07-18 16:51:16 · 8 answers · asked by Maureen K 4 in Printers

one day when i was trying to access my cdrom, it was not in "my computer" and when i checked out whats the problem it said that the cdrom cannot be installed because the driver is corrupt or missing... what do i do?

2006-07-18 16:48:54 · 3 answers · asked by chronoel 1 in Other - Hardware

Can my Dell Dimension 3000 P4 processor handle (2 x 516 mb) DDR 400 speed memory?

2006-07-18 16:38:05 · 6 answers · asked by John Doe 1 in Add-ons

There doesnt seems to be many motherboard out there on market for Intel conroe 2. Do motherboard manufacturers release then same date as release date July 18 ? I dont want to be ripped off on motherboard purchase because there are only couple of boards out there and they are all very expensive.

2006-07-18 16:33:34 · 3 answers · asked by foobar 2 in Other - Hardware

2006-07-18 16:30:32 · 2 answers · asked by bouchie_man 2 in Other - Hardware

Im building a couple of computers for a friend of mine. The first one worked like a charm. The second one, on the other hand has been a pain in my A$$! I go to boot it up and it fails POST. The tones are 1 long and 2 short. I've looked on the internet and found that with my bios (phoenix) it means that its Video Adapter Error. Which seems to be true because my monitor will not come out of sleep mode. I've already exchanged the MoBo I've reseated the RAM, moved it to the other 2 slots. and nothing else is connected other than the basic components. PLEASE HELP!!

2006-07-18 16:13:23 · 7 answers · asked by Mark R 2 in Desktops

I wanted to purchase a new graphics card that requires 325W min. and my power supply is 295W max. The problem is when i went to a local best buys... the salesperson told me that for Sony computers, their atx power supply is smaller (custom) to fit into my cramped sony case. Is it true that the ones that are sold to the public different size power supply? How can I get upgrade my power supply which would work with my case?
Sony Desktop PCV-R300C
NMB 295W Power Supply (Model#MJPC-300A2)
thx in advance...

2006-07-18 15:56:39 · 3 answers · asked by J801 2 in Other - Hardware

2006-07-18 15:43:48 · 5 answers · asked by pinney_pincher 1 in Add-ons

My hard drive is nearly full.I have several hours of video downloaded.How do I download or transfer all of them onto my zip drive to free up space? Then how do I retrieve them to watch them later?

2006-07-18 15:09:23 · 2 answers · asked by roygaddis 1 in Other - Hardware

Full windows media player, computer running slow.

2006-07-18 15:04:28 · 2 answers · asked by Joe M 1 in Desktops